From Bengaluru to Meerut: The installation of the Signa gathering system at Arihant Publication India

In mid-July 2020, Meerut-based Arihant Publication India ordered the Impel-Welbound’s 16-station Signa gathering system, with offline stacking facility, in-feed into the perfect binder Freedom 4K, which is delivered on to a conveyor that could be linked to an inline trimmer. The company already had two six-clamp binders supplied by Impel-Welbound Group, in addition to a number of Muller Martini and Kolbus binding lines. The Signa gathering system was dispatched at the end of August 2020

22 Dec 2020 | By PrintWeek Team

In early September, the Bindwel Freedom 4K was loaded on to the truck. The Bindwel is ready to move from Peenya, Impel-Welbound’s manufacturing plant in Bengaluru. The Signa gathering system had already arrived and was waiting for the Bindwel to arrive

The six metric-tonne Bindwel Freedom 4K, arrives at Arihant’s plant in Meerut after travelling for seven days from Bengaluru. The truck parked inside the Arihant Factory in Meerut. The hoisting was done using Escorts Hydra 12.5 MT crane

The Arihant plant is a 3-storied building on the Meerut - Haridwar highway. The binding kit was set to be installed on the first floor. Here, leashes are being put around the consignment and are about to be lifted to the second floor

From Bengaluru to Meerut: The installation of the Signa gathering system at Arihant Publication India

There were around three boxes in all, and each of them was lifted using the crane meticulously

From Bengaluru to Meerut: The installation of the Signa gathering system at Arihant Publication India

Arihant had to create an entry point for the boxes to be shifted to the first floor. Here you can see one of the boxes making to its site of installation. Subsequently, the opening specially made as a passage for the consignments to be brought in, has been shuttered

View of the site where the consignments will finally come in, and where the machine is being run at a maximum speed of 4,200 books per hour

From Bengaluru to Meerut: The installation of the Signa gathering system at Arihant Publication India

Unpacking of Freedom 4 K Binder

From Bengaluru to Meerut: The installation of the Signa gathering system at Arihant Publication India

Finally, freedom for the Freedom 4K. The perfect binder is unboxed and prepared to be integrated into the binding unit

The Bindwell Bindline is ready to be rolled into its position

The Bindwel Signa gatherer is brought to the position where it will be integrated to Freedom 4K to form the Bindline

The Signa 4K gathering stations which were the first to arrive at the scene, is here kept under wraps after it was unboxed

Despite the rigours of transport and movement of the consignments from the ground to the first floor, it was a scratch-less installation. The plastic shield ensured it. Here the gathering modules are aligned (four modules provide 16-stations) to the Binder. It took 10 hours and five people to complete the unloading, unpacking, lifting and placing

The book stacker unit is attached to the end of the gathering line. The gathered signatures are stacked in a zig-zag fashion, which is then taken out for offline processes like thread sewing

This is the book delivery unit, which will feed the bound book into a conveyor. The bound books are brought down in a downhill conveyor, before they are laid flat on to the conveyor. A series of conveyors can be connected to an inline trimmer

The Bindline, consisting Signa gatherer and Freedom 4K binder has been aligned

This is the Bindline, view from the gathering stations

After a gruelling 20 hours, the machine alignment is completed and is now ready for commissioning

Bindline is the trademark of Impel-Welbound, the inline binder from Impel was introduced in 2018. The Bindline consisting of the Signa 4K signature gatherer with Stacker, in feed into the binder, Freedom 4K perfect binder, delivery on to conveyor - where it can be connected to any inline trimmer including the Trimit 30C. The solution stands out from any similar binder globally, as it occupies the minimal space and consumes the lowest energy to delivery the same throughput of books, in its class

A close look at the Signa gathering stations

The book clamps of Freedom 4K. The 12 Rigid and firm clamps, that are centrally adjusted, accept the book blocks pushed up by the inline feeder, connected to the gathering machine

After the installation was complete, there were test runs, and finally what is seen here is the Signa gatherer and signatures ready for action. On the sides are the printed sheets which will take the form of a book one it passes through the binding line